Pick Me Up, I'm Scared‪.‬ Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

This week, Madeline and David talk about Coca Cola's colonization of Mexico, part 1 of a 2-parter!



BOOK: 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/ 



PATREON: 

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared 



SOURCES: 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coca-cola-mexico-wells-dry-bottled-water-sucking-san-felipe-ecatepec-chiapas-a7953026.html

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/15/coca-cola-country-in-southern-mexico-photo-essay

https://www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/chiapas-forever-indigenous?format=amp

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/28/water-is-the-real-thing-but-millions-of-mexicans-are-struggling-without-it

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/15/coca-cola-country-in-southern-mexico-photo-essay

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/world/americas/mexico-coca-cola-diabetes.html

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a22172862/coca-cola-mexico-town-water/

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL5N2XF4ZG/

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/article/this-small-town-in-mexico-is-addicted-to-coca-cola-it-also-grapples-with-a-deadly-disease/p1m2g5dtd

https://truthout.org/articles/coca-cola-sucks-wells-dry-in-chiapas-forcing-residents-to-buy-water/

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/major-cities-in-mexico-running-out-of-water-as-extreme-heat-continues-209737285844

https://coha.org/coca-colas-corporate-greed-is-leaving-mexicans-thirsty/

https://borgenproject.org/chronic-diseases-in-chiapas/

https://killercoke.org/ray_rogers_absurdity_at_unam_110329.php

https://killercoke.org/crimes_mexico.php

https://inthesetimes.com/article/cola-wars-in-mexico

https://chiapas-support.org/2023/06/14/coca-colas-lack-of-political-transparency-is-associated-with-life-and-death-in-chiapas/

https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/cocacolonization/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953604004587?via%3Dihub

https://compact.org/news/coca-colonization-and-christmas-cheer-in-mexico

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953604004587

https://www.salon.com/2018/04/04/the-coca-cola-invasion-is-causing-mexicos-slow-death-by-junk-food_partner/

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/12/23/coca-cola-red-and-whitewashing-the-empire

https://www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-influence-on-mexican-culture-2018-8#but-there-was-a-downside-to-cokes-sudden-spike-in-popularity-the-diabetes-rate-doubled-in-mexico-between-2000-and-2007-14

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode on NED -- the second, smaller CIA!
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1xOGFEcb2-Iy_ZUuNVx_9tdJtnMdjpTMYQfEHnuPRM/edit?usp=sharing

This week, Madeline and David talk about the tinier CIA: The National Endowment for Democracy! Part 1.

BOOK:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

SOURCES:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1xOGFEcb2-Iy_ZUuNVx_9tdJtnMdjpTMYQfEHnuPRM/edit?usp=sharing

This week, Madeline and David talk about Shen Yun, Falun Gong, The Epoch Times, and Li Hongzhi!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

BOOK:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/

SOURCES:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFqFIW1ejobai9MrY3ksBc96Jr5lfoW5YeyPzzjkDm8/edit?usp=sharing

This week, David and Madeline talk about the West Virginia coal mining wars, deputizing orthodontists to shoot the poors, and maybe the only okay cop to ever exist -- maybe!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

BOOK:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/

SOURCES:

Savage, Lon: Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Coal Mine War 1920-1921

Shogon, Robert: The Battle of Blair Mountain

Hubert, Patrick: Rednecks and Red Bandanas

Wheeler, Hoyt: What Did the Coal Miner See

Amsden, Jon and Brier, Stephen: Coal Miners on Strike

Gadsby, Margaret: The Coal Strikes

This week, Madeline and David talk about the TSA, 9/11, and what we could do with $8 billion per year!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

BOOK:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/

SOURCES:

https://www.statista.com/chart/24599/passenger-screenings-at-us-airports

https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/insulin-cost-and-pricing-trends/

https://www.theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa-history-airport-security-theater-homeland

https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/index.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shoe-bomber-richard-reid-flight

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/underwear-bomber-lawsuit-prison-treatment.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035131619/911-travel-timeline-tsa

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24562556

https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellistalton/2019/01/28/is-the-tsa-really-necessary/?sh=354b2cf525e0

https://nypost.com/2019/09/08/save-us-from-the-pointless-burdens-of-the-tsa/

https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/wheelchair-bound-preteen-held-tsa-traces-explosives-found-161802927--abc-news-travel.html

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21075201/oig-tsa-ct.pdf

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tsa-dumb-security-rules-not-science-based/

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2011/12/tsa-insanity-201112

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/business/yourmoney/17digi.html

https://www.jobtestprep.com/tsa-training

https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/index.html

https://www.stratosjets.com/blog/skyhighsmuggling/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/6/tsa-failed-detect-95-percent-prohibited-items-minn/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/the-things-he-carried/307057/

https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/lifestyle/tsa-sparks-privacy-concerns-amid-plans-to-install-facial-recognition-systems-at-400-us-airports/

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/01/tsa-business-security-theater-not-security/357599/

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1049814332/despite-calls-to-improve-air-travel-is-still-a-nightmare-for-many-with-disabilit

https://tinyurl.com/yknz43cx

https://www.rd.com/article/what-do-airport-body-scanners-see/

https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/new-documents-show-tsa-program-blamed-profiling

https://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-not-discriminating-against-black-women-but-their-body-scanners-might-be

https://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-not-discriminating-against-black-women-but-their-body-scanners-might-be

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/08/tsa-screening-racial-religious-profiling-aclu-study

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/millennial-media/201812/are-tsa-random-screens-code-racial-profiling

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/us/racial-profiling-at-boston-airport-officials-say.html

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-tsa-removes-nude-scanners-from-airports-20130531-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/10/us-no-fly-list-predictive-assessments

https://smmirror.com/2023/01/california-homeless-housing-needs-assessment-finds-it-will-cost-303-billion-to-end-homelessness-in-the-state

https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TSA-pages-5-8.pdf